Daily Republican., 1887-08-29

lady. made me cordially welcome. ~
hiend OF her son WAS ~ her own," Oh,
said. There was smother inmate OF NJ,
ffiend's home-a young cousin.
| A gay. radiant oreature, with
music % Of ripping bi ooklets In be
merry voios, and laos full OF fun snt
laughter, but without . particle O
esrnestDess underlying IL varied ex
prassions could see she shrank from
me at our first meeting, and / soor
learned the reasou. ives q cripple
and she was one to whose exuberan
health and beauty loving nature any
deformity or weakness gave . sensation
almost OF repulsion. But ~ We grew
better acquainted, as the passing days
opened TO It each other 10 characters, he,
manner toward me changed. Thoulh
she suspected us not, the change was q
dangerous one to me. / had thought
hsr incapable Of any seriousness ol
feeling, and now found my mistake
had though. her superd oially fair, L1I
soon cams to find DsAuty In her girl
ish facs, surprising that OF any othe;
that hAd ever seen.
Tho time flaw by until the day came
on which mai decidsd % 60, and Il
was we'll that 1t was st; Tor knew then
that almost uncont clously M ALLAH
sor bing love had been growing up In
my heart for the b,autitul girl who was
no more att.rg maze for one lire me
than q dainty humming bird would be
for Q grim sober raven.
Not for such ss ehe was work day
life like mine-even had not been az
was-diferent from my fellows-a
cripple.
30 | went away, thanking nv kind
entsrtaiDt r., and binding With cords Of
iron my heart. which throbbsd like a
wild thing when at parting she LTD her
little hand 10 mine and said she " al
CORY WAS going.
6orry-lnd /, who was more than
sorry, could cniy utter the mcrest CON.
monplaces.
To return to where broka way into
"Reminiscences.
As stool watching her, she turned
and came toward me. / WAS not mis-
taken; though graver aud paler than Of
old. before me stood she whom John
had playfuliy chr!s.sned "Midgs',"
Dot who was always In my thoughts
Margaret. 80 addressed her now.
"Mtss Margaret, bow can II bs possi.
BILE thA: you gre here, risking your life
In this feveIed atnosphert?"
She gave me her hand q u.etly, as II It
had bten but yesterday toAt We parted,
~ have been 10 the midst OF the
worst OF It," she sAii; "for / came to
D" (naming b to rn few miles
distAnt) 1.-TWO months ago. There I
have b6en sincc, until yesterday. l
was sent here to take the place of a
nurse who has been taken siok."
"sut your aunt where 10 ,she?" I
asked; and my friend, your oousin2
have bad no word IRON him for long
time"
An expression OF sad mesa clouded her
face
"Did you not know" she exclaimed
that both your dear aunt and my noble
young cousin-all had In the wor la 10
love and be loved by-wsre all take n
from me In one short month? Oh, it
was hart 1 vas almost beside 10 yss 1
with grief. Then | read of the suffer-
ing In France aud tbs need OF nurseo
l was all alone in the world-no C, role
would be broken by my loas-sud
thought that psrhsps In hard WORK l
could be able 10 drown my sorrows. So
1 came.
As she spoke gazed with enactment
at the brave woman before me (for
though young In ears, girl" she could
bs called no longer
Truly the ways Of Providence are
mysteriousl How little ever thoue hi
that should meet MsrPsres Hope In
such a manner and place.
After that saw her dailJi saw her
kneeling in prayer by the dyiug, CT
willing away the weary hours of con.
valeecenoe by her beautiful cheering
presence.
A month pas ssd. It was cooler
weather now. The time had come
when my serviNes wcrs no longer In
disrensable, and l could return TO Eag.
land.
called to bid Mas Hope good. bye.
found her alone. Weialked awhile,
and suddenly, although my reason told
me that 10 was madness. impslled by
an Inward prompting could not resist,
l disclosed to my listeuer the love
which had been hidden 10 my heart all
the long years which had pasi since
We last met. AsDy passi onate words
fell on her car, d faint rose dIift tipgsd
the snow OF her o. quisite face. Ab,
saw only too clearly the 4 iffsnncs that
existed between her great lovelir ess
and my poor nA!med body; how foolish
Was even to dare TO hope aud yet I
kept on. Then bowing my head, 1
awaited an answer. 1t came not In
words. Soft. round arms casped my
neck; q tender, tear vet face pressed
Itself TO mine; there, ciose by my
side, with eyes whose joyful light
cleaned through mist of tears, was
Margaret.
Robert, tske me-" she whispered; !;
"I sm you're. 'Undine has found her
soul"
30 she bad heard me ray tbati Well,
l too, overheard o remark never meant
for my ears-1 remark which was the
means OF forcing me 90 keep silent then
and ever since til now.
Wss ever q IN an 70 blest as l? As
picture the future--ny love-lit home
aad tue beautiful compsr ion who is to
me its guardian angel-s sense Of
thaDkfulness rises In ma too deep for
words; but surely y this cid lie OF the Heav.
esly shore there cannot be given TO q
man a more precious gift than that of a
noble, loy ny wife